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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bi'o. l>ooIittle''s picture we notice is 

 in the F<irm <md Home for June loth. It is 

 a nice likeness, and the biographical sketch 

 accompanying it is " short and sweet " — it 

 couldn't well help being " sweet " when it 

 is about a honeyman. It says that besides 

 producing honey, Bro. D. "has a garden 

 and a small farm of 29 acres to care for, 

 and runs a shop and steam-engine, making 

 sections, hives and honey-crates." It 

 shouldn't have been DooUttle, but DoomueJi, 

 or something equally as consistent, for Bro. 

 D. does a great amount of liard work, both 

 physical and literary. 





A Complete Index will be found in 

 this number of the Bee Journal, to which 

 we call your attention. It contains the 

 subjects written upon, the names of the 

 writers, and a list of the illustrations of 

 Volume XXXI. The index, as we present 

 it, serves as a key to unlock the treasures 

 contained in another volume of the old 

 American Bee Journal which is now 

 closed. We trust that all have preserved 

 the numbers from week to week, as they 

 will form a valuable book of reference upon 

 the subject of bee-culture. 



l>r. l^Iiller's Face is shown in that 

 great agricultural weekly, the American 

 Farmer, for June 15th, published at Wash- 

 ington, D. C. We are glad to see our 

 famous bee-keepers receiving the attention 

 due them at the hands of the publishers of 

 farm papers ; and no one is more deserving 

 than our own Dr. C. C. Miller. Living in 

 Illinois, as he does, we are going to claim 

 the biggest share of the Doctor, though no 

 doubt the whole continent will say he be- 

 longs to them. But then, he is big-hearted 

 enough to go all around, so there won't be 

 any chance to differ much over him. 



Xlie Biograpliies and portraits of 

 bee-keepers have been kept up during the 

 whole of the present volume of the Bee 

 Journal. That they have been appreciated 

 by our readers is fully shown by numerous 

 letters of approval received the past six 

 months. We hope to continue the biograph- 

 ical department throughout the year, if not 

 longer, in order that we all may become 

 better acquainted with those who have 

 helped to place the industry of beo-keeping 

 on the high plain which it occupies to-day. 



ISi'o. ix. E. Seelnian, of Westbury 

 Station, N. Y., we are very sorry to learn, 

 has suffered the loss of his loved wife. In 

 reply to a letter written by him to a sympa- 

 thetic friend, she says: "Weep not, Bro. 

 Seelman ; she is waiting and watching for 

 you over there." Here is the letter re- 

 ferred to : 



I have just been sorely afflicted. It has 

 pleased our Heavenly Father to take from 

 me and this world my companion and help- 

 mate — as good a wife as man ever was 

 blessed with. It has nearly broken me up, 

 and, I must admit, my faith has been at its 

 lowest ebb. But I must bow to the will of 

 the Almighty, and remember that those He 

 loves He chastises. It came unexpected, 

 and unlooked for. 



But I don't know why I should pour out 

 my heart into the ears of a stranger. Yet 

 I can hardly call you a stranger — the kindly 

 words received from you even at the most 

 trifling occasion, have made me look on you 

 as an old acquaintance and friend. In sor- 

 row we seek sympathy ; it is but human, so 

 please forgive. G. E. Seelman. 



We wish to add our word of sympathy for 

 our bereaved brother. How dark and mys- 

 terious are God's dealings with his children ; 

 and yet many times if we could but com- 

 prehend the lessons involved, how it would 

 help us to bear up under trials and afflic- 

 tions. Let us all remember in prayer those 

 who are bereaved, invoking upon them 

 divine grace and comfort. 



Yes, 'tis sad to part with loved ones, 

 With those we hold most dear; 



And yet their lives are bettered 

 While ours seem left most drear. 



But while we mourn and sorrow — 

 Can scarcely trust God more — 



We'll bow in humble waiting 

 For blessings yet in store. 



While those we love are taken. 



And we are left to sigh. 

 We still may live rejoicing — 



We'll meet them bye-and-bye. 



'I'Ue Ilaiidi^oiHei^t, as well as the 

 ugliest looking, bee-keeper received a 

 queen-bee as a prize at the late meeting of 

 the South Texas Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 as shown in its repoi't on page 812 of this 

 number of the Bee Journal. We hardly 

 know which to congratulate the more, see- 

 ing each got a queen. Perhaps it would be 

 just as well to " call it even." 



It's a I*if y that a man cannot eat good 

 advice ; he gets so much of it free. 



